Ocean Resources: Volume I: Assessment and Utilisation

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Impact of the Law of the Sea on Ocean Resource Development and Ocean Resource Technology....Pages 3-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The US EEZ Program: Information and Technology Needs....Pages 13-20
The Potential Resources of the Sea Areas around the Remaining Dependencies of the United Kingdom....Pages 21-48
Investigating France’s EEZ: Mapping and Technology....Pages 49-56
Developments of the Gloria System for More Effective EEZ Reconnaissance....Pages 57-72
Efficient Hydrographic Surveying of EEZ with New Multibeam Echosounder Technology for Shallow and Deep Water....Pages 73-87
Engineering Solutions for Deepwater Foundation Problems Using Integrated Investigations....Pages 89-101
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Overview of Mineral Resources in the EEZ....Pages 105-111
The Assessment of Aggregate Resources from the UK Continental Shelf....Pages 113-128
Exploitation of Marine Aggregates and Calcareous Sands....Pages 129-137
Mapping, Evaluation and Exploitation of Resources and Conditions in Danish Domestic Waters....Pages 139-152
The Baltic Marine Environment as a Source of Aggregates, and as a Recipient of Dredged Material....Pages 153-158
A Case Study of the Minerals on the Seabed of the West Coast of India....Pages 159-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Renewable Energy from the Ocean....Pages 171-181
Wave Energy Technology Assessment....Pages 183-189
OTEC Developments Out of Europe....Pages 191-200
Energy from the Oceans: A Small Land Based Ocean Thermal Energy Plant....Pages 201-211
A Status Assessment of OTEC Technology....Pages 213-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Living Marine Resources, Technology and the Extended Economic Zone....Pages 235-249
Fisheries Acoustics: Assessment of Fish Stocks and Observation of Fish Behaviour....Pages 251-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
The Ocean Enterprise Concept....Pages 261-274
Future Ocean Space Utilization in Japan....Pages 275-282
The Use of the Environment in the Design of Deep Ocean Water Resource Systems....Pages 283-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Obtaining Past Trends in Marine Environmental Conditions with Contemporary Data....Pages 293-308
Potential Use of Circulation/Pollutant Transport Models for Impact Assessment on the U.S. EEZ....Pages 309-319
Environmental Assessment for Exclusive Economic Zone Mineral Development Activities; the Lessons Learned from Offshore Oil and Gas Development....Pages 321-330